Sea Turtle Info

[ASH]

Now if we can just keep the nests from getting a bad case of beach erosion for the next couple days. There are several nests that are going to go any time being watched multiple times per day. Fay could really mess things up after waiting for 60 days!

 

[BeachSiO2]

Now if we can just keep the nests from getting a bad case of beach erosion for the next couple days. There are several nests that are going to go any time being watched multiple times per day. Fay could really mess things up after waiting for 60 days!

It will be interesting to see the difference in beach nest survival from the storm between the west end of the beach versus the area along 30-A.

 

[Matt J]

Now if we can just keep the nests from getting a bad case of beach erosion for the next couple days. There are several nests that are going to go any time being watched multiple times per day. Fay could really mess things up after waiting for 60 days!

While I agree that this would be a tragedy part of me also understands that mother nature is making the choice here and if something bad happens it is not by a human hand.

 

[Andy A]

Alright, someone please fill me it. I noticed on my walk the other day that there are three new nest on the recreated dune or slope in front of Adagio. Were the two nests in front of Bella Vita and White Cliffs moved by the turtle watchers to these locations or did we really have three new nests this close together, which to me, seems highly unlikely.

 

[ASH]

Not new nests. I heard that there were a few brave souls on the beach the night Gustav tore up the beach scooping eggs out of the surf and they planted them higher up on the slope.
Since then, the one furthest West popped. As a matter of fact, my Wife and I were walking the beach that very night (checking the moved nests) and came across the little turtle tracks and found 5 people from Georgia who got to witness the nest pop.
The nest had popped before dark and they had several short videos they were kind enough to forward to me that I am working with Sharon to get on the Turtlewatch website.
I got a couple photo's too that I will see if I can get them on this thread.
The two remaining moved nests (salvaged) are weeks from their hatch dates.

 

[ASH]

Here is the best of the four pictures. I posted them in the gallery under nature and environment if you want to see the others. We have been blessed. It is a Loggerhead.

 

[Beachbummette]

Here is the best of the four pictures. I posted them in the gallery under nature and environment if you want to see the others. We have been blessed. It is a Loggerhead.

OMG! How awesome! How lucky ya'll were to witness this!

 

[greenroomsurfer]

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[DuneLaker]

Last night (Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008) the turtle nest at Sugar Dunes hatched. It was SoWal working together that saved some and alerted Turtle Watch people. Unusually, around 4:30 p.m. some turtles started their trek to the Gulf. It was too hot and two died. A homeowner at SugarDunes tried to call Sharon and could not reach her. She talked to another neighbor who called a SoWaller who then contacted a former SoWal Turtle Watch person who had moved to Atlanta. The Atlanta contact had numbers for Turtle Watch in the area. Turtle Watch showed up on the scene by 5 p.m. with a cooler and was able to save 6 who left the nest during the heat of the afternoon. The hatched turtles chilled out under careful watch until they could be released later under a beautiful moon and calm Gulf. The turtles were released about 8:30 p.m. (not sure about time as didn't want to open phone and have light distract). Then, about 30 minutes later, 26-30 of the little turtles popped out of their nest and safely made their way to the Gulf.

 

[DuneLaker]

A big thanks should also be given to the residents at SugarDunes. In response to this hatching emergency, they also turned off ALL the lights at their complex for the night. These were some of the same people during Hurricane Ivan that rescued a nest in their area.